# 溶

| 溶 | U+6EB6, &#28342; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6EB6 |
| ← 溵 [U+6EB5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 溷 → [U+6EB7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

溶 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水十金口 (EJCR), four-corner 3316$_8$, composition ⿰氵容)

#### See also

* 浴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 641, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17983
* Dae Jaweon: page 1048, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1708, character 9
* Unihan data for U+6EB6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 螸 | *lo |
| 裕 | *loɡs |
| 容 | *loŋ |
| 溶 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 鎔 | *loŋ |
| 蓉 | *loŋ |
| 傛 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 褣 | *loŋ |
| 搈 | *loŋ |
| 瑢 | *loŋ |
| 嵱 | *loŋ |
| 熔 | *loŋ |
| 榕 | *loŋ |
| 塎 | *loŋʔ |
| 谷 | *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ |
| 唂 | *kloːɡ |
| 焀 | *ɡloːɡ |
| 俗 | *ljoɡ |
| 欲 | *loɡ |
| 浴 | *loɡ |
| 鵒 | *loɡ |
| 峪 | *ɦkloːɡ |
| 鋊 | *loɡ |
| 輍 | *loɡ |
| 慾 | *loɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *loŋ, *loŋʔ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 容 (OC *loŋ)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “What relation is there between 融, 鎔, 熔, and 溶?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): róng (rong$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jung$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
* Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀ng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iûⁿ / iôⁿ / iông / iâuⁿ
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ion$^5$ / iên$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: róng
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: róng
*** Wade–Giles: jung$^2$
*** Yale: rúng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
*** Palladius: жун (žun)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jung$^4$
*** Yale: yùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
*** Sinological IPA : /yŋ⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iûⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iûnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viuu
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iũ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen): /iũ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iôⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iônn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viooi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔ̃¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông
*** Tâi-lô: iông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioong
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /iɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɔŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâuⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: iâunn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: viaau
*** IPA (Penang): /iãu²³/
* iûⁿ/iôⁿ - vernacular;
* iông - literary.
* Middle Chinese: yowng, yowngX
Rime :
| Character | 溶 | 溶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 餘封切 | 余隴切 |
| Baxter | yowng | yowngX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jɨoŋ/ | /jɨoŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jioŋ/ | /jioŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ioŋ/ | /ioŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /juawŋ/ | /juawŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ioŋ/ | /ioŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭwoŋ/ | /jĭwoŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯woŋ/ | /i̯woŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóng | yǒng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jung$^4$ | jung$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*loŋ/, /*loŋʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 溶 | 溶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4285 | 4296 |
| Phonetic component | 谷 | 谷 |
| Rime group | 東 | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 容 | 勇 |
| Old Chinese | /*loŋ/ | /*loŋʔ/ |

### Definitions

溶
* to dissolve; to melt; to disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion in a liquid
* (literary, of water) grand; broad
* soluble

#### Synonyms

* (to dissolve): 溶解 (róngjiě)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to dissolve”): 凝結／凝结 (níngjié)

### Compounds

* 不溶
* 可溶性 (kěróngxìng)
* 岩溶 (yánróng)
* 暖溶溶
* 氣態溶液 / 气态溶液
* 汗溶溶
* 沇溶
* 河溶 (Héróng)
* 液態溶液 / 液态溶液
* 溶入 (róngrù)
* 溶劑 / 溶剂 (róngjì)
* 溶化 (rónghuà)
* 溶合
* 溶媒 (róngméi)
* 溶氧量
* 溶液 (róngyè)
* 溶溶 (róngróng)
* 溶溶洩洩 / 溶溶泄泄
* 溶溶脈脈 / 溶溶脉脉
* 溶溶蕩蕩 / 溶溶荡荡
* 溶㵝
* 溶蝕 / 溶蚀
* 溶解 (róngjiě)
* 溶解度 (róngjiědù)
* 溶解熱 / 溶解热 (róngjiěrè)
* 溶質 / 溶质 (róngzhì)
* 澒溶 / 𭱊溶
* 真溶液
* 飽和溶液 / 饱和溶液

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to dissolve; to melt

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
* Kun: とく (toku, 溶く, Jōyō)、とかす (tokasu, 溶かす, Jōyō)、とける (tokeru, 溶ける, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 溶(よう)暗(あん) (yōan)
* 溶(よう)溢(いつ) (yōitsu)
* 溶(よう)液(えき) (yōeki)
* 溶(よう)化(か) (yōka) (熔(よう)化(か))
* 溶(よう)解(かい) (yōkai) (熔(よう)解(かい), 鎔(よう)解(かい))
* 溶(よう)岩(がん) (yōgan) (熔(よう)岩(がん))
* 溶(よう)菌(きん) (yōkin)
* 溶(よう)血(けつ) (yōketsu)
* 溶(よう)鉱(こう)炉(ろ) (yōkōro) (鎔(よう)鉱(こう)炉(ろ))
* 溶(よう)滓(さい) (yōsai) (鎔(よう)滓(さい))
* 溶(よう)滓(し) (yōshi) (鎔(よう)滓(し))
* 溶(よう)質(しつ) (yōshitsu)
* 溶(よう)射(しゃ) (yōsha)
* 溶(よう)出(しゅつ) (yōshutsu)
* 溶(よう)食(しょく), 溶(よう)蝕(しょく) (yōshoku)
* 溶(よう)接(せつ) (yōsetsu) (熔(よう)接(せつ))
* 溶(よう)銑(せん) (yōsen) (鎔(よう)銑(せん))
* 溶(よう)然(ぜん) (yōzen)
* 溶(よう)体(たい) (yōtai)
* 溶(よう)断(だん) (yōdan)
* 溶(よう)着(ちゃく) (yōchaku) (熔(よう)着(ちゃく))
* 溶(よう)媒(ばい) (yōbai)
* 溶(よう)明(めい) (yōmei)
* 溶(よう)冶(や) (yōya) (鎔(よう)冶(や))
* 溶(よう)融(ゆう) (yōyū) (熔(よう)融(ゆう))
* 溶(よう)溶(よう) (yōyō)
* 溶(よう)漾(よう) (yōyō)
* 溶(よう)錬(れん) (yōren) (熔(よう)錬(れん))
* 溶(よう)炉(ろ) (yōro) (熔(よう)炉(ろ))
* 溶(よう)和(わ) (yōwa) (熔(よう)和(わ))
* 鴻(こう)溶(よう) (kōyō)
* 紛(ふん)溶(よう) (fun'yō)
* 悠溶
* 游(ゆう)溶(よう) (yūyō)
* 揺溶

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 溶
* よう Grade: S
* kan'on
From Middle Chinese 溶 (MC yowngX).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jo̞ː]

### Affix

溶(よう) • (yō)
* to melt, dissolve, thaw

### References

* 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “溶”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

溶 (eum 용 (yong))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

溶: Hán Nôm readings: dung
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